 Noticing Newbies: July 22, 2015 Issue [#7109] |
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This week: Never Too Late Edited by: JACE  
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Hi, I'm JACE .
Welcome to this issue of the Noticing Newbies newsletter. Join me as I take you into some nooks and crannies of Writing.Com that you may not have found time to check out yet.
Don't forget to toss me a note about what you liked or didn't like in my column, or about a topic you'd like to see discussed. This newsletter is about and for you. And for you seasoned members, I hope you'll find something you can take from my ramblings. 
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Never Too Late.
I'm 60 years old, older perhaps than most folks here (but much younger in my mind than my physical age).  I took a creative writing course in college almost 40 years ago and loved it. An 'A' in the course suggested I had some talent. Then life happened. I didn't put pen to paper again until twelve years ago. I found I had really missed that part of my life.
What's your story? Do you think it's too late to succeed in your quest to become a writer? You're never too old to chase your dream.
Grandma Moses, the quintessential late-bloomer, didn't begin painting until she was 70. During her next 30 years of life, she created some 1600 works of art. Walt Disney was in his 50's before pursuing his dream of creating Disneyland. Recently, 88-year-old Harper Lee published her follow-up book, Go Set A Watchman, some 55 years after To Kill A Mockingbird was published. And older than Ms. Lee is Bertha Wood, who published her first book, Fresh Air and Fun: The Story of a Blackpool Holiday Camp, on her 100th birthday in 2005. The book is based on her memoirs, which she began writing at the age of 90.
You might think the old adage Youth is wasted on the young
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And now ... Help!
About three weeks ago, I posted a request for "older Newbies," whom I might interview for this newsletter. I still think these folks have a story to tell. To that end, if you are older than 65 AND joined Writing.Com on 15 February 2015 or after, please contact me not later than 10 August. I'd love to talk with you for my next newsletter. If anyone reading this newsletter knows of someone who meets these criteria, please let me know.
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Check out these Newbies (I've selected folks who have filled out their Biography or something in their Bio-Block). Take a moment to review something in their Port ... or just say hi.
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And from the mailbox about my last Noticing Newbies newsletter, "The Don 't Bucket List" .
From paeggan: Thank you for your encouraging newsletter for newbies, Jace! I appreciate your pointing out the realities of life, and highlighting what matters. P. Watson Guise
Thank you.
From JennyHeart  : I want to complete the novel I have started. I want to have taught my daughter how to leave the past in the past and have a bright future. I want her to live in the hear and the now. I want to help my mom understand how to accept that some people will never change unless they decide, and in the meantime just have faith and wait.
Best of luck to you. I hope you're successful.
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